A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed Friday for continuation of trial of Emmanuel Atewe and three others, facing charges of N8.5 billion fraud.
Mr. Atewe, a major general and former Commander of the Niger-Delta Military Joint Task Force, is charged alongside Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA.
At the resumed hearing on Monday, trial could not go on as counsel to the second accused was absent in court.
Consequently, the judge, A.O Faji, adjourned the suit to Friday for continuation of trial.
The accused were re-arraigned before Justice Faji on February 3, following the transfer of the former trial judge, Saliu Saidu, from Lagos to Port Harcourt.
They had pleaded not guilty and were allowed to continue in the earlier bail terms granted them by Justice Saidu.
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